COTA Green Sages are Older Victorians who are or would like to become involved in group actions to increase the environmental sustainability of our community and to decrease the impact of climate change.

COTA’s Green Sages Program reflects the broader COTA commitment to providing leadership on seniors’ issues and to encouraging seniors to take action for change in the community.

COTA believes that senior Victorians have an important role in:

responding to environmental challenges including climate change and their impact both on themselves and future generations;

supporting and taking action to reduce these impacts; and

talking about these issues to their families, friends and in their communities.

Green Sages were involved in a sustainable and intergenerational arts event with Melbourne City Council’s Arts House. Tony Birch ran a series of writing workshops where Green Sages developed a creative and personal story or poem on climate change which was recorded by ABC. The recorded pieces were also used as part of an installation at North Melbourne Town Hall as part of their Going Nowhere Festival.

COTA Green Sages secured funding in 2011 from the City of Melbourne to conduct an innovative program called The Good Life Club@Carlton.